Danton Burroughs, grandson
of Edgar Rice Burroughs, was born into a world-famous, wildly creative
family. His father, John Coleman Burroughs, youngest of the three ERB children,
began illustrating his father's novels in 1937, and eventually produced
a total of over 125 illustrations for these books. John's wife, Jane Ralston
(Danton's mother), assisted him in this work as well as in many other projects:
film animation, comics, daily and Sunday strips, big little books, training
booklets for Douglas Aircraft in WWII, pulp magazine fiction & art,
film studio art, sculptures, paintings, etc.

Danton was raised in Tarzana,
California, in a world created by his illustrious grandfather and talented
parents -- a magical world of jungles, distant planets, exotic lands, and
inner earths in which heroes and villains larger than life leapt from books,
comics, film, radio and movies. It was an exciting fantasy world that stoked
a young boy's imagination and daydreams. The young boy grew into a man,
but the imagination and dreams stayed with him. He was the obvious choice
to step into the family business -- as director of Edgar Rice Burroughs,
Inc. -- and to carry his grandfather's legacy to even greater heights.
A major part of his job today is to govern the worldwide commercial activities
that utilize Tarzan, John Carter of Mars, and other ERB franchises.

His job has not always
been easy -- both he and the company have faced and overcome many obstacles
through these ever-changing times. But the motto has always been, "I still
live!" -- and -- thanks largely to his efforts, the fictional characters
and places created by his grandfather almost 100 years ago still live in
the minds of millions of fans worldwide. ERB, Inc. promotes and licenses
a multitude of diverse endorsements: feature films, Disney animated features,
television series, countless new editions of the original novels, foreign
editions, sequel novels by authorized authors, ERB conventions, Burroughs
Bibliophiles, fanzines, museums, merchandise, theme attractions in the
Disney parks, comic books, daily and Sunday comic strips, live stage productions,
ice shows, gargantuan Web sites, computer games, and an ever-growing string
of ERB biographies, bibliographies, documentaries, tributes, awards, etc.
The latest project is the filming of A Princess of Mars by Paramount Pictures.

Throughout his association
with ERB, Inc., Danton has strived to make the Burroughs archives available
to researchers, scholars, media personnel, and the countless fans who phone
or even try to beat down the doors of the Burroughs offices on Ventura
Boulevard. He is perhaps the most knowledgeable scholar, conservator, and
collector in his field of popular culture. With the arrival of the new
millennium Danton started to make much of the massive ERB archive accessible
to the world by offering regular features on the Internet. Tarzan.com has
been designed to guide readers through the ever-expanding Burroughs Family
online archive.

Bill Hillman
~ Editor and Webmaster of the Burroughs Family of Websites & Webzines

THE TARZANA TREASURE VAULTS

DANTON BURROUGHS PresentsTHE LATEST DISCOVERIES IN THE BURROUGHS FAMILY
ARCHIVE IN TARZANAFeatured at the John Coleman Burroughs Tribute
Site:

Portrait of me as a toddler
by my dad, John Coleman Burroughs: artist and photographer

Father and SonJohn Carter of Mars Comics
Projecs

John Coleman and Jane
Ralston Burroughs FamilyJohn ~ Danton ~ Dian

WELCOME TO THE ERB, INC. OFFICESA JUNGLE OASIS ON VENTURA BOULEVARDHOME OF THE DANTON BURROUGHSFAMILY ARCHIVE OF TARZANA(a rare glimpse at one of the many memorabilia
vaults)See many more photos of our archive vaults in the Tarzana
Trek series:ERBzine
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